FluxData Licenses Imaging Patent

Photonics SpectraJul 2011Multispectral imaging
systems provider FluxData Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., has licensed Patent No. 7554586
titled “System and Method for Scene Image Acquisition and Spectral Estimation
Using a Wide-Band Multi-Channel Image Capture,” from Rochester Institute of
Technology. Developed at the Munsell Color Science Lab at the institute, the technology
will allow FluxData to develop low-cost, highly color accurate camera systems for
a range of markets, including defense, security, surveillance, entertainment, medical
and life sciences, industrial vision and agriculture. The company plans to introduce
the technology in a new line of Better Color camera systems and software applications
in the third quarter of 2011. It will integrate the Better Color technology into
its existing FD-1665 three-CCD multispectral camera product line.

Multispectral Imaging: Creation of an image where each pixel contains more than three spectral data points, typically four to 20. This is contrasted with a standard color camera that only captures three spectral data points (called RGB), or hyperspectral cameras, which capture hundreds of spectral data points. Traditional multispectral cameras captured four data points: RGB and an NIR band. Nowadays multispectral cameras are available as commercial off-the-shelf products, with 12 custom bands...